Offenders to disclose identity and leave land
18 Offenders to disclose identity and leave land
Where an authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed, or is committing, an offence against this Act, he may require that person to state his name and the address of his place of abode.
The owner or occupier of any land, or an employee or agent of such an owner or occupier, may require any person trespassing on that land who he has reasonable grounds for believing has committed, or is committing, an offence against this Act – to state his name and the address of his place of abode; and to leave that land.
A person who, when required under this section to state his name and the address of his place of abode, fails or refuses to give his name and that address or gives a name or address that is false, is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
A person who, when required under this section to leave any land, refuses to do so, or does not do so with reasonable promptness, is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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